the republican party was kind of deflated after 2008 when president obama won the sweeping victory. and the republicans probably smartly seized on this as a way to animate the grassroots base and it worked. obviously 2010 was a huge year for republicans. they took back the house and they're still riding the coat ta tails, and i covered mitt romney last year on the campaign trail. he talked about it. >> and it's comical because they know, they know -- jon huntsman especially, they know when you get them like this, it's never going to happen. >> that's what is so cynical about this. >> i think there is a really cynical way of reading it. but i think there's also a way of saying heritage screwed up. they weren't right when they called it a conservative idea. this is the democratic party, they've allowed the change on gay marriage. >> that's a great pivot. let's talk about gay marriage. lines are forming at the supreme court. those lines started forming down in d.c. in front of the high court. they started forming on friday. if the decision in the case, if it's a positive decision for s